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Cochon Butcher

Location: New Orleans, LA

Chopt’s co-founder Tony Shure travels the globe, making sense of a new city, it’s casual fare, its most savory and satisfying offerings through its best sandwiches. That’s right. He has staked his professional life on salad, but sandwiches are how he moves through the world. Luckily, New Orleans is a sandwich town, from Po’ Boys to BBQ, meat and bread are a religious endeavor. 

Cochon Butcher is a butcher shop, wine and sandwich bar, in the warehouse district of New Orleans. Pulled pork with creamy coleslaw are served beside the world’s crispiest bread and butter pickles (seriously, we would kill to know their secret). Tourists and locals alike, queue up as early as 11am to get a taste of  James Beard Award-winning chefs Donald Link and Stephen Stryjewski’s house-made charcuterie, muffaletta, and oooohhhhh, that pastrami sandwich!